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+ Alnwick Pipers’ Society

‘When most people think of bagpipes they think of the great Highland Pipes from Scotland but the bagpipe is a large family of traditional music instruments which can be found all over Europe in many different forms. The Northumbrian Smallpipes consist of a set of elbow-operated bellows which deliver air to a large airbag. This in turn feeds the air to the chanter and also to a set of harmonising drones. Each of the drones produces a single note, but they are tuned to produce a harmonic background sound to complement the melody being played on the chanter ... Alnwick Pipers’ Society has regular monthly meetings/playing sessions throughout the year ... Members of the public are very welcome to come and listen, and visiting players to come and play along.’ ALERT Website inaccessible at Review; cf summary details at the Northumbrian Pipers’ Society Website (under ‘The People’).